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KARACHI: The novel COVID-19 has claimed three more lives and infected at least 293 people during the past 24 hours in Sindh province.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued on Wednesday said three more patients of COVID-19 died overnight lifting the death toll to 2590 and 293 new cases emerged when 7843 tests were conducted raising the tally to 142,641.
The chief minister said that three more patients lost their lives overnight lifting the death toll to 2590 that constituted 1.8 percent current death rate.
Shah said that 7843 samples were tested against which 293 cases were diagnosed that came to a 3.7 percent current detection rate.
He added that so far 1,555,574 tests have been conducted which detected 142,641, of the 95 percent or 135,759 have recovered, including 265 overnight.
The CM Sindh said that currently, 4292 patients are under treatment, of the 4029 in-home isolation, four at isolation centers and 259 at different hospitals.
According to the chief minister, out of 293 new cases, 164 have been detected from Karachi, including 51 from South, 38 East, 25 Malir, 23 Korangi, 19 Central and eight West.
He added Shikarpur has 20 cases, Hyderabad 18, Khairpur, Matiari and Naushehroferoze seven each, Sukkur, six, Shaheed Benazirabad, Thatta and Dadu five each, Ghotki, Kambar and Larkana four each, Mirpurkhas two, Sujawal, Tando Mohammad Khan and Jasmhoro one each.
The NCOC in a meeting on Wednesday warned that businesses will have to face another lockdown and strict action will be taken against those violating the SOPs across the country.
The chief secretaries of all provinces were asked to ensure that SOPs are implemented strictly and special attention is paid to high-risk sectors like transport, markets, wedding halls, restaurants and public gatherings.
The NCOC underscored that the number of corona patients and deaths are on the rise again and stressed that strict monitoring of public gathering should be ensured to limit the increase in the number of cases.
“People should use masks and maintain social distance,” the statement issued by NCOC read. The NCOC stated that the government will impose heavy fines on SOP violators, adding that if the SOPs are not implemented properly, services might have to be shut down. The coronavirus has killed 19 more people in Pakistan, taking the death toll to 6,692.
According to the National Command and Operations Center, 660 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 324,744. There are 9,378 coronavirus patients under treatment in Pakistan and 38,674 have recovered.
